Chick box



Patented Feb. .8, 192,7'. 4

UNITED STATES A1,617,659 PATENT OFFICE,

LEE LAMBOY, OF CHICAGO. ILLINOIS. ASSIGNOR TO SEFTON MANUFACTURING COR-'PORATION, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

CHICK BOX.

My invention relates to boxes adapted for shipment of chicks and moreparticularly to novel means for spacing the boxes ,apart when stacked oneach other to afford proper ventilation for the chicks through thevenilated openings formed at the top of the Heretofore various meanshave been employed for accomplishing this object but such prior deviceshave been ineffectual in some respects and expensive and diiicult tomake. The most common practice is to secure wooden slats to the tops ofthe boxes but these slats add considerable weight to the boxes and arediicult to secure in position.

The principal object of my invention is to provide triangular stripspreferably formed of corrugated board or the like and formed of onepiece so bent as to provide a hollow spacer substantially triangular incross section` one face of the spacer being adapted to r be glued to thebottom of the box.

Another object of my invention is to maintain the shape of the spacer bymeans of strips of adhesive tape wrapped around the spacer.

The above and incidental objects of my invention will become apparentfrom the following description taken lin connection with the drawings. l

In said drawing, Figure 1 is 'a perspective view of two chick boxeshaving spacers einbodying my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 isanenlarged perspective view of a spacer lembodying my invention; andFig. 3 is a fragmentary cross-sectional View. taken through the sheet ofmaterial from which the spacer. is formed, the view illustrating thatthe preferred material is corrugated paper board, though other suitablemateria may be used, if desired.

In Fig. 1, I have illustrated two chick boxes 5 one mounted on theother. As is usual the lids, as well as the sides, of the boxes areprovided with rows of Ventilating holes 6. In shipment the boxes arestacked or piled upon each other and it is` essential that the boxes bespaced apart so that the Ventilating holes in the lids are not covered,the holes being employed to furnish air to the chicks being shipped. Ispace the boxes apart by means of spacers 7, the construction of whichis best illustrated in Fig. 2. Each spacer is formed of a strip ofcorrugated board or other suitable material. i The strip is' scoredlengthwise to provide four sections or panels 8, 9,' 10 and 11. Sections8. 9 and 10 are preferably of substantially the same width and sectlon11 is slightly narrower. Thestrip is folded as shown in Fig. 2 so thatthe two outermost sections 8 and 11 overlap. In order to hold ormaintain the shape of the spacer strips of adhesive tape 12, which maybe formed of paper or other suitable material are wrapped around thespacer.

, After the spacers are so formed, the upper face of the outer section11 is smeared wlth glue or any suitable adhesive material and thenpressed against the bottom of the box,

the spacer thus being rigidly secured to the box. I preferably employtwo spacers for I also lmaterially increase the strength of.

the spacer and make itl easier to form .the spacer. Having thusdescribed my invention, Iwhat I claim is:

1. A box of the class described comprising a bottom and side walls, acover, and a plurality of supports mounted upon said box,-

each of said supports comprising a single strip of material folded toform a triangular hollow shape and having means for holding andmaintaining said strip in triangular form.

2. Ina box ofthe class described having Ventilating openings in the topthereof, a.

ing ventilatmg perforations and a plurality Toc of supports mounted o'nsaid Ibox, each of said supports comprising alsingle separate strip ofmaterial folded into .trlangular shape, meansfor maintaining thetriangular shape of each support, and means for securing one face orside'ofeach support fiat p against the box.

4. In a box of the class describedv oom-- rate strip of material scoredlongitudinally lto form four sections, and bent on the scored shapedsupport while the remaining inner sections form the other sides thereof,and tape around the su port to maintain its triangular shape, ang gluefor securing the double sides of the sup orts to the box.

In testimony whereo I have subscribed my name.

LEE W. LAMBOY.

